Note: This page reflects data from 2006 to 2007
Director's Name: David A Berkson, MD
Phone Number: (215)441-7560
Fax Number: (215)441-3702
Web Site: http://www.drexelmed.edu/ResidencyPrograms/tabid/99/Default.aspx
Email: drowley@drexelmed.edu
Program Code: 368540001
Program Structure:3AResidency Location: Suburban
Primary Hospital for Family Medicine Residency Admissions: Warminster Hospital
Total Beds: 100Number of Family Medicine Centers:1
Number of Hospitals for Admitting: 1
Number of Hospitals for Required Rotations: 4
Year of Initial Approval: 1995
- Other Residencies (not services) in the Hospitals used for Required Rotations:
- Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB - GYN
Total Number of Graduates: 31
- Offered Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Filled Positions 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 4
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Resident Females 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 2
- Under-represented minorities 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 1
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 0
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 0
- Resident Salaries 2006- 2007:
- Post-Graduate Year 1:$41,880
- Post-Graduate Year 2:$43,425
- Post-Graduate Year 3:$44,912
- Weeks Paid Vacation 2006- 2007
- Post-Graduate Year 1:3
- Post-Graduate Year 2:4
- Post-Graduate Year 3:4
- Other Benefits:
Liability Insurance: Yes Housing Allowance: No Time Off for Conferences: Yes Health Insurance: Yes Meals: Yes Funds for Conferences: Yes Life Insurance: Yes Laundry: Yes Sick/Personal Time: Yes Disability Insurance: Yes Parking: Yes
- Average Annual In-Hospital Night Call Frequency:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Every 4th day
- Post-Graduate Year 2: None
- Post-Graduate Year 3: None
- Night Float Rotation or Coverage yes or no:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: Yes
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Yes
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Yes
- Average Annual Frequency of Other Trips to Hospital as Result of Night Calls Taken at Home:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: None
- Post-Graduate Year 2: Every 5th day
- Post-Graduate Year 3: Every 7-14 days
- Faculty to Residents Ratio During Patient Care Hours:
- 1 Faculty : 3 Residents
- Full-Time Equivalent Staff and Faculty at the Residency Program:
FP-MD/DO : 6 Other-MD/DO : 0 Other Health Care Professional Faculty : 0 Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners : 0
- Average No. of Half Days per Week Spent by FP Residents in the Primary FP Center:
- Post-Graduate Year 1: 2
- Post-Graduate Year 2: 3
- Post-Graduate Year 3: 4
- Residency Training Time in Required Rotations:
OB (in Hospital): Two months General Surgery (in Hospital): Two months Pediatrics (in Hospital): Four months CCU/ICU: One month
- Documentation:
- Computerized System for Each Resident's Experience Does Not Exist
- Resident Research:Required
- Resident Organization in Hospital: None
- Fellowship:
Not Offered
- Clerkships/Preceptorships:
- Offered
Part-time or Shared Residencies: Not Offered On Site Child Care Services: Not offered International Rotation: Not Available
Drexel FM Residency has varied and comprehensive experiences to optimize the residents' education. A suburban outpatient site at Warminster and Drexel Student Health offer diverse patients and unique learning opportunities. Special emphasis on Sports Medicine with a new Sports Medicine Fellowship and coverage of Drexel athletics enhances the musculoskeletal curriculum. Pediatric training includes nationally recognized St. Christopher's hospital.